Loading layers into open documents is a common task, and it's very easy to do in AVA. If you receive separate files from a customer or colleague which need to be loaded into an open document, the Load Layers function makes easy this an easy task. 

1. Open the design you wish to load a layer into.
2. Go to the Layer Menu and choose Load Layers. A Finder Window will open.
3. In the Finder which opens, highlight the file you wish to load into the active design and select Open. The layer will be loaded into your design as a new layer.

If you want to load the layer into an existing layer within your design, you will need to hold down the ⌥ (option key) when you go the to Layer Menu. Doing this will change the option ‘Load Layers’ to ‘Load into existing Layers.’

1. Activate the layer in your design you wish to load the new information into.
2. Holding down ⌥ (option key) on the keyboard, go the the Layer Menu and select Load into Existing Layers.
3. The new layer will load into the active layer, replacing its original content with the information in the loaded layer.

Merging layers with different resolutions

Loading and merging layers with different resolutions can result in some distortion of the layers you load. Because of this we would always recommend that your layers are the same resolution as the file you are loading them into.

If you do load layers which contain a different resolution to the destination image, a notification will appear warning you about the potential problem.

If you have your Notifications set to Mac®OS in AVA’s General Settings , the message will appear in the top right hand side of your screen;

If you have the General Settings set to show notifications in AVA, the message will appear somewhere on your screen and will look like this;